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Amazing Arctic Explorer Matthew Henson

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AMAZING ARCTIC EXPLORER MATTHEW HENSON explores the life of the man who went with Robert Peary to the North Pole. Because he was African American, his contributions to the North Pole expeditions were largely ignored for a number of years. Young readers will be interested in this amazing American.

"The Amazing Americans series offers diverse role models in interesting places to lure reluctant readers . . . Large type, captioned photographs, and simple sentences will make this book especially appealing to the early/young reader or English language learner."

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"This book uses an easy reading level to tell the story of Henson’s life and includes pictures commemorating his life and experience . . . This biography is, itself, a good resource for elementary libraries."

"The Amazing Americans series offers diverse role models in interesting places to lure reluctant readers . . . Large type, captioned photographs, and simple sentences will make this book especially appealing to the early/young reader or English language learner."